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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ion Storm\Thief - Deadly Shadows
You want SaveGamePath, and I changed it to *directoryofThiefDShere*\Saves, but it didn't fix anything. The game still crashes just like before, sad to say.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Ion Storm\Thief - Deadly Shadows
You want SaveGamePath, and I changed it to *directoryofThiefDShere*\Saves, but it didn't fix anything. The game still crashes just like before, sad to say.

I'm running Thief 3 on my Windows 7 RTM x64 with no trouble. I think that the problem is when you run the game with a cracked t3.exe file, Thief3 crash.

There's an unprotected t3.exe file that works, they say that the file was released by Ion Storm in the editor pack. I checked the file and it's digitaly signed by Ion Storm and Eidos, so it's not illegal it's use. I also tried the file and Thief3 worked fine.

About the Documents folder issue, it's not true, I ran the game, and then saw the savegames folder created under "Documents" like always.

Personally DS works for me without a multicore patch (running on a quad-core), except very occasionally the physics of the game seem to 'freeze' (I can still move but things stop working), which I figure might be some sort of multicore problem but not all I have to do usually is go to menu and come back.

I just installed the game, then I applied 1.1 patch, and the game runs fine, I played this game on XP till the end and had no issues on a Dual core CPU.

Now I installed it with the same hardware, but in Windows 7 RTM x64, and the game runs ok. The only thing to notice, is that when I did the tutorial mission, The game got partially stuck when I had to lock pick the door... after a while, the lock pick tools appears on screen, and then I got stuck trying to climb the ladder after that door.

I'm going to play the entire game to see if it's buggy.

PD: I also installed the collectors texture packas, that give the game a nice look.

I haven't played it through yet, just glanced briefly in the tutorial mission.

Using the editor's t3.exe, all works well. ALchemy hasn't fixed the EAX as of yet (based on the installed program registry key it wants to base T3 from), but it may work if I point it to t3.exe instead of the installation root registry.

Hello! I've just clean installed T3+1.1 on a clean install of retail win7, and it is working well. Here are the things to change or watch out for:

Change the compatibility to XP.

On game launch, ctrl-alt-del, and change affinity of both t3.exe & t3main.exe to the same cpu in task manager. This stopped soundloop crashing and other odd behaviours here.

In game options, disable Vsync. This will stop the slow lockpicking/ladder issue.

Don't enable eax, of course.

My system is a dualcore amd, radeon 4870, creative x-fi xtremegamer, all with latest drivers from ati & creative (creative has a onebutton update on their drivers page, use it!). I'm doing all this as administrator, btw, if that matters.

I also migrated my savegames from XP; start a new game in win7 & save, then check where it is putting them; should be under yourusername/public documents or whereever. Just copy the xp savegames to there & overwrite everything.

I'm not sure if this thread is still being watched but I thought I'd mention that T3 is running perfect on my Dual Core W7x64 machine. All I did was the 1.1 patch, SDK and the imagecfg infinity fix (for both T3.exe and T3Main.exe). I didn't even have to change the compatibility settings.

I am getting random crashes in T3Ed and I can't play any maps I create... But otherwise the game is fine.

Mine worked good after the install.

However there is one thing you could try with your install and that's the High resolution texture pack. There was a post earlier about "MyDocuments" link may need to be edited. There's no need for this as it's a game launch issue. You don't need to tweak/set compatibility as I have Windows 7 x64 bit with 8 GB RAM and Pheonon x64 2.6 9750 Quad Core AMD.

The High resolution texture pack was the only way I got it to work correctly as I had the same issue. Also, double check you drivers for Windows 7 as they may have bugs of some sort (have seen this too). If none of this works the first time, re-install and it shoudl work. And when we say uninstall, it's remove all entries in Program Files x86 Thief Deadly Shadows and "Documents\Thief Deadly Shadows.

BEFORE YOU ADD THE HIGH-RES PACK, PLEASE install v1.1 patch.
Happy New Year and Happy installing.

Since this thread is for Thief 3, I'm still having difficulty finding patches and configuration editing for the Thief 2 config files so they'll run good. It's something to do with the high resolution. I also cannot find a particular file that needs edited either.

Thief 3 on Windows 7

Installed Thief 3 on Windows 7 64bit and it works fine, even with the cutscences. My version is from the German PC-Action Magazine DVD, it can run without the DVD in the drive. Perhaps the problem lies with the copy protection of the original game.

I managed to get Thief 3 running on windows 7 64 bit by running in in compatibility mode for windows xp sp2 and using admin credentials. I also managed to enable EAX for X-FI by using Creative Alchemy. Without compatibility it wouldn't start. I have the first dvd version of Thief 3.